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HILE there are some who imagine the vastness of the universe implies the un-truth of the Christian Gospel, I rather like CS Lewis’ science fiction writing on this matter: Earth is the one planet with life that is out of sync. Decades later, we are finding other planets and they may have life, but [...]

ATHER GREGORY Takes us, often, into the the space where theology and science intersect. He does so with a profound respect for science expressed in the language of his faith. Today Fr Gregory reminds (citing St Maximos) that God does not Explain Things; Things Explain God.
Last night our community here, in Buffalo, [...]

HARLES DARWIN is 200 this year and his great work, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, turns 150.
To mark the occasion, BBC Radio 4 has done a totally awesome series called On the Origin of Darwin.

ERTAINLY There must be science for this…
I broke my Anchor glass measuring cup tonight. It’s one of those huge 6 cup things that make it real easy to serve pancakes, mixing the batter in the only implement needed. In fact, tonight, I had mixed up a packet of organic, instant refried beans – [...]

RODIE And I have been playing Spore™ on the iPod. Neither of us have the up-to-fabulous sort of computer you need to play it on the desktop. The iPod version is lighter, of course, but still quite fun.
What amuses me is the philosophy in the game.
One of the things I’ve seen over and over [...]